2011-12
What are the course goals?
To provide an accelerated and differentiated study of rhetorical skills in
alignment with the state core curriculum. To challenge motivated students
through thematic projects based on selections from Holt,
Rinehart and Winston's ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE and ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE. Students are encouraged to enrich their study by
reading complete works to supplement the excerpts in the text and exploring
other works by the authors we will study.
What will students learn?
Students will accomplish the above goals through a study of:
*Vocabulary with particular attention to word origins
*Conventions of standard English
*Classical literature and its various genres
*Writing as process from discovery writing to finished, polished text
*Authors and their writing/literary devices
What materials are needed daily?
*pencil and dark ink pen
*paper
*textbook
*planner
What are class rules?
1. Be in class ON TIME, PREPARED TO WORK, IN YOUR ASSIGNED SEAT, WITH ALL MATERIALS. You cannot go to your locker for forgotten items.
2. Do not bring IPods, calculators, electronic toys, cell phones, food or
drink to class. We now have a school-wide electronic policy posted in my classroom.
3. Keep area under your desk clean.
4. Do not sit or write on desks or in textbooks.
5. Late work will be penalized five points per day. Use class time to work on assignments. If
you are absent you have the same amount of time to make up work as the student who was not absent.
See planner for further details about homework policy.
6. Contact a class member if you are absent to check on what you missed.
7. Three hall passes are allowed per semester. Students who are out in the
hall miss valuable instruction time! ! !
8. Extra credit work will not be accepted.
What is my citizenship policy?
See student planner for details.
What is my grading scale?
A = 93%
A- = 90%
B+ = 87%
B = 83%
B- = 80%
C+ = 77%
C = 73%
C- = 70%
D+ = 67%
D = 63%
D- = 60%
F = 0